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German I

Course Hours: 
135
Course Type: 
Mentor Supported
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This course offers a communicative introduction to the German language and German-speaking cultures and provides beginning German students with the necessary skills for successful communication in today’s rapidly changing world by exposing them to a wealth of written and spoken authentic textual materials. Learn beginning conversational skills in addition to gaining skill in listening, speaking, and writing.

Prerequisite(s): None

 

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Recall basic spoken German on familiar topics, using context to determine the meaning 
  • Recognize values, practices, and heritage of the German culture
  • Differentiate between the basic points of German grammar including asking questions, making request, explanations, and inquiry in order to communicate on a beginning level
  • Recall how to communicate in everyday situations and personal interactions
  • Identify facts, vocabulary, and basic concepts to develop basic proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing in German

German I Module 1
Fangen Sie bitte an Part 1

  • The imperative
  • Understanding requests
  • The word bitte
  • Greetings and farewells
  • Recognize important aspects of German structure and usage
  • Titles of address
  • The verb sein
  • Subject pronouns
  • The pronoun you

German I Module 2
Fangen Sie bitte an Part 2

  • Asking for someone’s name
  • The verb heißen
  • The alphabet and numbers
  • Describing physical characteristics
  • Asking for information and clarification
  • Identifying people and classroom objects
  • Definite and indefinite articles
  • Colors
  • Pronoun substitution
  • German speaking countries

German I Module 3
Familie und Freunde Part 1

  • German immigration to North America
  • Identifying family relationships
  • Indicating possession or ownership
  • The verb haben
  • Identifying academic subjects
  • Describing actions
  • Present tense of regular verbs
  • Talking about what you like and don’t like to do
  • Verbs and the adverb gern

German I Module 4
Familie und Freunde Part 2

  • Talking about what you have and don’t have
  • The accusative case : definite and indefinite articles
  • Position of subject and verb
  • Describing daily activities
  • Talking about birthdays and schedules
  • Referring to people and things
  • Expressing negation
  • Texas-Deutsch
  • Types of Universities in Germany

German I Module 5   
Was gibt es in Heidelberg und Mannheim zu tun? Part 1

  • Assumptions with bestimmt, sicher, wahrscheinlich, and wohl
  • Present tense of stem-vowel changing verbs
  • Stereotypical images of Americans and Germans
  • Expressing relationships or ownership
  • Expressing additional and contrastive information and justifications
  • Stating personal preferences using gern and lieber
  • Expressing what you would like to do
  • Mealtimes in German-speaking countries

German I Module 6
Was gibt es in Heidelberg und Mannheim zu tun? Part 2

  • Talking about foods that are liked
  • The metric system
  • Specifying amounts
  • The expression bitte schön
  • Grocery shopping
  • Heidelberg and Mannheim
  • Talking about what you can do and like to do
  • Expressing possibilities with können
  • Talking about geographic landmarks in Germany
  • Talking about people and things that you know with the verb kennen
  • Accusative of possessive adjectives
  • Talking about more than one item

German I Module 7
Unterwegs Part 1

  • Studienmöglichkeiten für Deutschlernende
  • Assumptions with wohl and wahrscheinlich
  • Identifying personal items
  • Telling friends or relatives to do something
  • The ihr-imperative
  • The wir-imperative
  • Particles with the imperative
  • Expressing ability, fondness, and expected obligation
  • Rad fahren

German I Module 8
Unterwegs Part 2

  • Expressing permission: dürfen
  • Expressing necessity: müssen
  • Expressing strong desire: wollen
  • Mit der Bahn fahren
  • Mit dem Auto fahren
  • Identifying personal characteristics
  • Expressing spatial movement, the recipient of something, opposition, and omission
  • Frankfurt am Main

German I Module 9
Freundschaften Part 1

  • Use of definite article with first names
  • The conversational past
  • The auxiliaries haben and sein
  • Past participles
  • Irregular (strong) and mixed verbs
  • Prefixes of past participles
  • Hansestadt Hamburg
  • Inseparable prefix and ieren verbs
  • Past participles of sein and haben

German I Module 10
Freundschaften Part 2

  • Describing weather conditions
  • Use of ganz
  • Talking about the seasons
  • Distinguishing between friends and acquaintances
  • Describing personal relationships
  • Expressing fondness or love
  • Expressing complex ideas with a subordinating conjunction
  • Expressing a condition
  • Giving reasons
  • Expanding on an opinion or idea
  • Positioning information in a German sentence
  • German eating habits

German I Module 11
Willkommen in Tübingen Part 1

  • Identifying household objects
  • Expressions involving animals
  • German universities and living in a dorm
  • The dative case
  • Indicating location
  • Describing the features of a house
  • Addresses and locations in German
  • Tübingen

German I Module 12
Willkommen in Tübingen Part 2

  • Expressing temporal and spatial relationships
  • Emphasizing one’s opinion
  • Expressing attitudes and conditions such as gratitude, pleasure, ownership, and need for assistance
  • Describing your body and physical discomfort
  • Specifying what you are talking about
  • Zielaktivitäten

**Outlines are subject to change, as courses and materials are updated.**

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The move away from physical books to eTextbooks means you get the latest, most up-to-date version available. This also makes your training more accessible, so you can study anywhere you have your phone or tablet. The best part is that all materials are included in your training cost so there are NO extra fees for books!

Internet Connection

  • Broadband or High-Speed - DSL, Cable, and Wireless Connections

*Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Classroom pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible.

Hardware Requirements

  • Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
  • Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended

 

PC Software Requirements

  • Operating Systems - Windows 7 or higher
  • Microsoft Office 2013 or higher. Also, you could use a general Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
  • Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
    • Cookies MUST be enabled
    • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
  • The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
  • PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
  • Adobe PDF Reader
  • QuickTime, Windows Media Player &/or Real Player

 

MAC Software Requirements

  • Operating Systems - Mac OS x 10 or higher with Windows
  • Mac office programs or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
  • Internet Browsers- Google Chrome is highly recommended
    • Cookies MUST be enabled
    • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
  • The Kindle Reader App or VitalSource Bookshelf App are needed for many of our courses (No special equipment needed. This can be downloaded for FREE onto your computer.)
  • PowerPoint Viewer (if you do not have PowerPoint)
  • Adobe PDF Reader
  • Apple QuickTime Media Player

 


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